Field guide No. 337
Birches rooted in the clouds
Planted the wrong way up.
Along a still grey lake, a forest of birches grows upside down, leafy crowns on the ground and bare roots reaching up into the low clouds. Watering them is a job for the weather.
Field noteTrees reach for light and root in soil. These have it the other way round and seem fine.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The last unread snowfallBooks describe snow; they don’t usually issue it. The rest of the desk is perfectly ordinary.
Rain stitches the meadowRain that sews is weather with a trade. Unusual employment, no contradiction.
Dust ripples in the bell foundrySound can make dust dance on a plate. A silent bell setting the floor rippling is less convincing.
School attractionSardines contain iron, though not enough to bother a magnet. Physics declines; logic shrugs.